Coin controlled device



Aug. 2, 1938. B. RADTKE ET AL COIN CONTROLLED DEVICE FledDeo. 15, 1935 I NV EN TORS THE/a ATTORNEYS \^bb hm,

Claude .Qliz'ra an d Brun 0 Radfe Patented Aug. 2, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,125,689 com coNrRoLLsD DEVICE corporation of Illinois Application December 13, 1935, Serial No. 54,227

7 Claims.

This invention relates to coin controlled devices.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved coin controlled device which is relatively simple and inexpensive in construction and eicient in use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel device, adapted to be associated with any coin controlled vending or amusement device such, for example, as a pin and marble game, or the like.

An additional object of the present invention is to provi-de a novel device, adapted to be associated with the coin slide or coin control, of a coin controlled machine or apparatus, and coacting with. the said coin control, to permit two successive operations of the said machine or apparatus.

A further object of the present invention is to provide, in combination with a coin slide of the type which has a limited amount of lost motion during its operative stroke, such as in the slide down and described in the Tratsch and Hall Patents Nos. 1,908,370 and 1,908,752, means for utilizing this lost motion of the slide for eifecting a second operation of the operating mechanism controlled by the slide without necessitating the insertion of a second coin or token into the coin aperture of the same.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a View, partly in section, and partly in side elevation, showing a preferred form of the present invention associated with a part of the operating or control mechanism of a coin-controlled amusement apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 1, with several of the parts in changed position;

Fig. 3 is a sectional top plan View, on line 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an elevational View, partly in section, on line 4-4 in Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is a Aschematic wiring diagram of an` electrical circuit embodied in the invention.

A preferred form of the present invention is shown in the drawing, is therein generally indicated at l0, and is shown associated with a coincontrolled amusement apparatus, which is generally in-dicated at Il, and which includes a cabinet l2.

(Cl. l194--92) Slidably mounted in an end wall I3 of the cabinet l2 is a coin slide M, which is preferably of the type shown and described in the Tratsch and Hall Patents, Nos. 1,908,370 and 1,908,752.

This slide or control member M is of the type, as disclosed in the said patents, which has a limited amount of lost motion in its idle or locked condition (right to left, Fig. 1), that is, the slide lli may be moved partially inwardly (right to left, Fig. l), without inserting a coin or token into the coin aperture of the same, before the fraud-prevention devices or dogs 65 become effective to prevent further inward movement of the slide but when freed, as by deposit of a coin, the slide may be completely or fully reciprocated.

Carried by, and depending from, the inner end portion of the coin slide M, is an arm I5, and connected to this arm l5, as at I6, is one end portion of a link or push bar IT.

Formed in the push bar l1 is an elongated slot i8 and projecting into this slot I8 is a pin i9, this pin l0 being attached to, and carried by, a link member 20 which is pivotally mounted adjacent its upper end, as at 2|, in the cabinet l2.

Pivotally connected to the member 20, adjacent the lower end of the latter, as at 22, is a link 23 and formed in the lower en-d portion of this link 23 is an elongated slot 24. Projecting into this slot 24 is a pin 25 which is attached to, and projects laterally from an operating arm 26 of an instrumentality such as the disc 2l, this disc 21 forming part of a timing or control device which is generally indicated at 23, and which forms the subject matter of U. S. Patents Nos. 1,353,850, 1,773,697 and 1,795,969; it being understood that the timing device 28 forms part of the operating mechanism of the machine or apparatus which is arranged in the cabinet l2.

The disc 21 is rotatably mounted, as at 29, upon a support 30, which is arranged in the cabinet il, and formed in the peripheral edge of the disc 2l is a notch or recess 3|. Engageable in this recess or notched portion 3l of the disc 21 is a pin 32 which is carried by, and projects laterally from, a member, this member 33 be- 4 net I2.

article vending device, or analogous apparatus or machine.

Pivotally mounted in the cabinet I2, as at 39, is a ratchet 4l) which is provided with a row or rack of teeth 4I. Pivotally connected at one end, as at 42, to the ratchet 40, is a link 43, this link 43 having a pin and slot connection, at I9, with the member 20.

Pivotally mounted on the ratchet 40, as at 44, and carried thereby, is an actuating arm or pawl 45, this arm or pawl having an end portion 41 which is engageable with a pin 48 which is carried by, and projects laterally from, the push bar I1. The pawl 45 is engageable with a laterally extending arm 46 of the ratchet-40.

Attached, as at 49, to the ratchet 40, is one end of a coil spring 58, the other end of this coil spring being anchored in the cabinet I2, as at 5|.

Pivotally mounted in the cabinet I2, as at 52, is a latch dog 53 and this latch dog 53 has an arm 54 which is engageable with the teeth 4I of the ratchet 40. Attached to the dog 53, as at 55, is a coil spring 56 which normally urges the dog 53 (into initial position, Fig. 1).

Carried by, and projecting laterally from, the push bar I1 is a pin 51 which normally engages a contact 58 so as to urge the latter into engagement with a contact 59, these contacts 58 and 59 forming a so-called full stroke switch 60.

The switches 38 and 60 are arranged in` an electrical circuit 6I (Fig. 5) which also includes a suitable source of current 62 which may be a battery of dry cells or the like arranged in the cabi- Any desired mechanism may be arranged in the circuit 6I or operatedthereby, and, for the purpose of illustration, the .circuit 6I is shown as having a motor 63 arranged therein, this motor 63 being intended to actuate any operating mechanism or device which it may be desired to arrange in the cabinet of a coin-controlled machine or apparatus. Attached to the coin slide I4 is a resetting spring E4.

Operation The parts are normally disposed in the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1, and when a coin or token is inserted into the coin aperture of the coin slide I4 and the latter is pushed in (right to left, Fig. 1), the push bar I1 is correspondingly moved, by reason of its connection, at I5-I6, with the coin slide I4. This movement of the push bar I1 (right to left, Fig. 1) acts, through the pin and slot connection I 8-I9, to pivot the member 20, at 2|, and the member 23, at 25, (clockwise, from dotted to full line position, Fig` 2) This movement of the member 23 is transmitted, through the pin and slot connection 24-25, to the controlled instrumentality or disc-like member 26-21, thereby pivoting the latter, at 29, (from dotted to full line position, Fig. 2) thereby moving the notched portion 3I of the disc 21 out of engagement with the pin 32, whereupon the pin 32 will ride the periphery of the disc 21.. During this operation the member 33 is pivoted at 34, (counterclockwise, from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1 into the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2), and during thisV movement of the member 33 the disc 35, which is carried by the member 33, engages the contact 36, thereby forcing the contact Y36 into engagement with the contact 31 and thus closing the switch 38; it being understood that this closing or operating of the switch instrumentality 38 may .be utilized to actuate any electrically operated or controlled mechanism which it may be desired to arrange in the cabinet I2, or in the circuit 6I, such, for example, as the motor 63. It is to be noted, however, that the circuit 6I is not closed until the coin slide I4 and push bar I1 are reset into their initial position (left to right, Fig. 2, or as shown in Fig. 1) by the action of the resetting spring 64, this movement of the push bar I1 causing the pin 51 carried thereby to engage the contact 58 and urge the same into engagement with the contact 59, thereby closing the switch 60.

When the coin slide or control member I4 and slide bar I1 are moved inwardly (right to left, Fig. 1), to effect the initial actuation of the operating mechanism 63, etc. by a full stroke operation of the slide, the member 20 acts, through the link 43, to condition the repeat operating mechanism for subsequent actuation by a partial or limited movement of the control or slide I4, specifically by pivoting the ratchet 40, at 39 (clockwise, from the position in which it is shown in Fig.Y l to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2) thereby moving the end portion 41 of the pawl 45 into the path of movement of the pin means 48 which is carried by the push bar I1, and when the push bar I1 is retracted (left to right, Fig. 2) the link mechanism 43-20-23 remains as in full line position, Fig. 2, by reason of the pin and slot connection I8--I9 of the push bar I1 with the link 20, and during this return movement of the push bar I1 the pin 48 carried thereby engages the end portion 41 of the pawl 45 and thereby pivots the latter, at 44 (counterclockwise, Fig. 2), thus allowing the pin 48 to pass by the end portion 41 of the pawl 45 into its initial position (as in Fig. 1). During this operation the arm 54 of the dog 53 rides over the teeth 4I of the ratchet 40 and latches the ratchet 49 in the position which it is shown in Fig. 2, and against retroactive movement, by its resetting spring 50.

After the controlled or operating mechanism or other instrumentality (motor 83, etc.) has been in operation, a predetermined length of time, the circuit 6I is opened by the action of the timing device 28, the disc 21 of which is gradually rotated (counterclockwise, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 2) thereby opening the switch 38 and the circuit 6I and again positioning the parts 29-23--26 in their initial position (as in dotted lines, Fig. 2, full lines, Fig. 1).

Accordingly after the parts 2li-23 and 26 have thus been returned to their initial position, as in dotted lines, Fig. 2, after the initial operation of the coin slide I4 and associated parts, the controlled mechanism 28-38-63, and associated parts, in the cabinet I2, may again be moved into eiTective position, that is, the circuit 6I may again be closed, without inserting another or second coin or Vtoken into the coin aperture of the coin slide I4, and this is accomplished by taking advantage of the lost motion in the slide I4, that is, by taking advantage of the fact that the slide I4 may be moved partially inwardly (right to left, Fig. l), (full to dotted lines, Fig. 3) without inserting a second coin or token into the coin aperture of the slide I4, before the fraudprevention devices or dogs become eiective to prevent further inward movement of the slide I4 (right to left, Fig. 1).

Accordingly when the parts are positioned in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and the coin slide I4 is moved partially inwardly (right to left, Figs. 1 and 3), without inserting a second coin or token into the coin aperture of the same, the push bar I1 is correspondingly moved and during this operation the laterally -extending pin 48, which is carried by the push bar l1,` engages the end portion 41 of the pawl and moves the latter a corresponding short distance from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, thereby pivoting the ratchet 4i), at 39 (clockwise, Fig. 2), against the action of the spring 5t. This movement of the ratchet 113, (clockwise, Fig. 2), acts, through the link @3 to pivot the link m-echanism 43-20-23 (from dotted to full line position, Fig. 2), thereby rotating the disc 21 and its arm 26 (clockwise, from dotted to full line position, Fig. 2) and thus closing the switch 38 and the circuit 6|.

During the foregoing movement of the ratchet 40 (clockwise, Fig. 2) the teeth 4I of the ratchet Il@ ride out of engagement with the arm 54 of the latch dog 53, whereupon the tensioned spring 5@ acts upon the pawl 53 to pivot the same out of engagement with the teeth 4I of the ratchet 4i), (clockwise, from the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2 into the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1), and during this operation the tensioned resetting spring acts upon the ratchet 4U to pivot the latter, at 39, (counterclockwise, into the position in which it is shown in Fig. l) During this movement-of the ratchet 4l) the angled arm llt thereof engages under the bottom edge of the pawl l5-d1 and thereby lifts the pawl 45--41 into its initial position, as in Fig. 1.

However, when the coin slide I4 and the slide bar l1 are returned to their initial position (as in Fig. 1) by the action of the resetting spring 641, the pin 51 will again engage the Contact 58 and close the full stroke switch 6D, and during the operation of the link mechanism 43-29--23 through the arm 26, and the disc 21 which will rotate (clockwise, Fig. 2), the latch pin 32 will again ride the periphery of the disc 21. During this operation the member 33 will again be pivoted, at 34, (Fig. 2), and this movement of the member 33 will cause the disc 35 carried thereby to engage the contact 36, thus urging the contact 36 into engagement with the contact 31 and thereby closing the switch 38, thus again closing the circuit 6! and rendering the operating mechanism (which, in the present instance is shown, for the purpose of illustration, as being the motor 63) effective.

After the operating mechanism (the motor 63, and associated parts) has been operated a predetermined length of time, the timing device 28 will again become effective to open the circuit Gl and thus prevent further operation of the operating mechanism E3, etc., this being accomplished by the movement of the disc 21 (counterclockwise, from full to dotted line position, Fig. 2). This movement of the disc 21 and its arm 26 also acts to reset the link mechanism 23-20-@3 back into its initial position (as in dotted lines, Fig. 2, full lines, Fig. 1).

It will thus be seen that the ratchet 40 and associated parts provides a form of repeat mechanism which permits the operator of the device to effect two successive operations of the coin slide lll and control device Vor operating mechanism 28 and associated parts, including the switch 38 and motor 63, for each coin inserted into the coin aperture of the coin slide i4, by taking advantage of the lost motion in the slide I4.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation `and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. Coin controlled apparatus having a coin slide provided with detent means released to permit full stroke movement of the slide upon deposit of a coin therein, said slide having a normal limited idle stroke movement, a controlled instrumentality, link means connecting said instrumentality with said coin slide for operation of the former by the slide in full stroke movement of the latter, together with repeat operating mechanism operably connected with said link means and including an actuating member movable by operation of` said link means, responsive to a movement of the latter by a slide in a full stroke movement of the slide, into a position for operative engagement with said link means for movement by the latter to operate said instrumentality when said slide is subsequently Amoved in idle stroke movement, and means cooperable with said repeat operating mechanism for automatically moving said actuating member out of position for further operative engagement with said link means until said slide is again m'oved in full stroke operation as aforesaid.

2. Control mechanism including a reciprocable control member and coin released detent means normally permitting limited idle stroke movement thereof and releasable to permit full stroke movement thereof, a controlled'instrumentality, link means operatively connecting said control member with said instrumentality and constructed to operate when moved by said control member upon full stroke operation of the same, and means for operating said instrumentality once by moving said control member in an idle stroke movement of the same after a previous full stroke operation of the same, said means comprising a repeat operating mechanism for said instrumentality and provided with an actuating member having an operative connection with said link means and said control member and means operable by the contr-ol member upon full stroke operation of the latter to move said actuating member into effective position for subsequent movement by said link means independently of the aforesaid operative connection when the link means is moved by the control member upon idle stroke movement of the latter whereby to effect actuation of the instrumentality, and means for automatically moving said actuating member out of said effective position after said instrumentality has been operated by said repeat operating mechanism as aforesaid.

3. Control mechanism including a reciprocable control member and coin controlled means normally latching said member for limited reciprocable idle stroke movement, said means being releasable by a coin to permit said control to move through a full stroke, a controlled instrumentality and link means operatively connecting the same with said control for operation by full stroke movement of the latter, repeat operating mechanism and means operatively connecting the same with said link means for operating said instrumentality, said repeat operating mechanism having an actuating member movable into and out of position for engagement with and operation by said link means such that movement of the link means by 'said control member during an idle stroke movement thereof will actuate said instrumentality after a previous full stroke operation of the control member, together with releasable positioning and holding means automatically operable by full stroke movement of said control member to move and hold said actuating member in position for operation by said link means, spring means holding said releasable means in a normal position with the actuating member out of position for operation by said link means, said releasable means being automatically released from holding operation as soon as said actuating member has been moved to actuate said instrumentality. Y

4. Control mechanism including a reciprocable control member of the type having coin released means normally latching said member for limited reciprocable idle. stroke movement, said means being releasable by a coin to permit said control to move through a full stroke, a controlled instrumentality and link means operatively connecting the same with said control for operation by full stroke movement of the latter, repeat operating mechanism and means operatively connecting the same with said link means, said repeat operating mechanism having an actuating member movable into and out of position for engagement and operation by means moved by said link means so that an idle stroke movement of the latter by said control during an idle stroke movement thereof will actuate said instrumentality after each previous full stroke operation of the control member, releasable positioning and holding means automatically operable by full stroke movement of said control member to move and hold said actuating member in position for operation by said link means, spring means holding said releasable means in a normal position with the actuating member out of position for operation by subsequent operation of said link means, said releasable means being automatically released from holding operation as soon as said actuating member has been moved to actuate said instrumentality.

5. A control device including a reciprocable coin slide having coin-freed mechanism normally latching said slide against full stroke movement but permitting limited idle stroke movement of the slide, a controlled instrumentality, link means operatively linking said slide With said instrumentality for operation of the latter by the former in full stroke movement, together with repeat operating mechanism for said instrumentality and means operatively connecting the same with said link means and including a pivoted member movable to effect operation of said instrumentality, and pawl means movable thereby for operatively and temporarily associating said pivoted member with said mst-mentioned link means for actuation of the pivoted member responsive to an idle stroke movement of said slide after the latter has been previously reciprocated through a full stroke as aforesaid, means normally positioning said pivoted member and said pawl means out of operative relationship with said link means, holding means automatically operable to hold said pivoted member and said pawl means thereof in position for operative engagement with said link means, said holding means being automatically released after said pivoted member is moved to operate said instrumentality.

6. Control means including a reciprocably movable coin slide and coin-freed means releasably latching theslide for limited idle stroke movement, said slide being operable through full stroke when a coin is deposited in said means, a controlled instrumentality, means including a pusher bar operably associated with said slide for reciprocation thereby and operatively connected with said instrumentality for actuation of the latter by full stroke movement of said slide, together with means for operating said instrumentality by said slide when the same is operated in idle stroke movement after rst having been moved through full stroke, said last-mentioned means including a repeat operating mechanism for said instrumentality and having a pivoted member and link means operatively linking the same with said pusher bar and said instrumentality to actuate the instrumentality cooperably with said pusher bar, said repeat mechanism further having a pawl mounted on said pivoted member and movable by the latter into and out of position to be operatively associated with said pusher bar, said pusher bar being operable by said slide when the latter is operated in full stroke movement to move said pivoted member through the agency of said link means and position said pawl for operative association with the pusher bar whereby the latter may operate said repeat mechanism and said instrumentality when the slide is subsequently operated in an idle stroke movement, together with automatic means cooperable with said pivoted member to move said pawl out of position for operative engagement with said pusher bar each time the latter operates said instrumentality responsive to idle stroke movement of the slide.

7. Control means including a reciprocably movable control member provided with coin control mechanism normally permitting limited idle stroke movement of the control member and operable by a coin to free said control member for a full stroke operation, a controlled instrumentality, a pusher bar arranged to be reciprocated by said control member, link means operatively connecting said pusher bar and instrumentality and arranged to actuate the latter by a complete stroke of said control member, and means for operating said instrumentality by a partial stroke of the control member and said pusher bar, said means including an operating arm connected with said link means and with a pivoted member which is pivotable to move said operating arm and actuate said instrumentality through the agency of said link means, a pawl on said pivoted member and movable by the latter into a position for operative association With said pusher bar so that the pusher bar Will move the pivoted member to actuate saidinstrumentality, spring means holding said pivoted member in a normal position with the pawl out of operative association with the pusher bar as aforesaid, said pusher bar being eiective when moved in full stroke operation to move said pivoted member and position said pawl in cooperative relation to the pusher bar for the purpose aforesaid, together with automatic latching mechanism operable to hold said pivoted member with said pawl in operative position as aforesaid for cooperation with the pusher bar until said pusher bar and said pawl have been moved by an idle stroke movement of said control to actuate said instrumentality, whereuponV said spring means will restore Athe pivoted member and pawl to normal position.

' BRUNO RADTKE. CLAUDE R. KIRK. 

